Research
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2023.11.10
Exploring galaxy dark matter with dynamical models using combined stellar and HI kinematics
The dynamical modelling technique is one of the major methods to measure the dark matter distribution in galaxies. Due to the degeneracy of baryonic and dark matter and the limitation of extended tracers in galaxies, accurate measurements of dark matter distribution in large sample of galaxies are still inadequate. We introduce our method to constrain the dark matter distribution in galaxies wi...
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2023.10.24
An Overview of Stellar Evolution and Pollution in AGN Disk (SEPAD) and their Implication on the Stellar Dynamics in the Galactic Center and around other Supermassive Black Holes
Extended regions of accretion disks around supermassive black holes in bright AGNs are prone to gravitational instability, star formation and stellar dynamical evolution with feedback to the disks' structure. Spectroscopic data provide vital clues on the stellar and residual black hole populations. Their dynamical interaction with each other, their natal disks, and other massive companions in a...
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2023.09.15
AGN Feedback in Dwarfs and Giants Near and Far
AGN feedback is a critical component in modern simulations of galaxy evolution. In dwarf galaxies, both observational and theoretical evidence of AGN feedback are accumulating, shedding new light on the evolution of dwarf galaxies. In massive galaxies, luminous quasars likely drive the most energetic outflows, making them the best laboratories to examine quasar feedback closely across cosmic ti...
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2023.09.11
Stellar Object Formation and Evolution in AGN Disks
Study of stellar objects embedded in AGN accretion disks around massive Black Holes have been motivated by i) the disk of stars that formed in-situ in the galactic center; ii) the redshift independence of metallicity in AGN disks, which also suggest in-situ pollution; iii) massive LIGO-Virgo gravitational wave sources that possibly evolved in a gas rich environment, and iv) quasi-periodic erupt...
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2023.09.08
Eruptive YSOs in the large-survey era
The Pre-Main-Sequence stellar evolution is shaped by the mass accretion process, which is known for its highly unstable nature. In fact, most of the stellar mass is gathered during "episodic accretion" bursts, which solved the luminosity spread of young clusters. As a consequence of the accretion bursts, eruptive behaviours have been observed on Young Stellar Objects (YSO), such as the decades-...
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